Conceptually grasping a teacher's teaching and experientially exploring the depths of the human experience are two different things. I feel many grasp the nature of the teachings, but fail to incorporate it into their daily lives which can often lead to spiritual nihilism or the avoidance of life. Granted, no choice is wrong from the greater perspective of Love, our relative existence here in physicality calls for action when action is needed and calls for non-action when that is needed.
Life for me, would likely be a whole lot easier if I lived like a Monk in a mountain with no contact with the world and merely meditated 24/7. (That actually sounds really enticing!). There would be less stress on my body/mind and less chance for worrying and thoughts going through my mind.
On the other hand, that kind of life would be boring! There is not much chance for growth and evolution living in the way mentioned above, plus, I don't think the human body was really designed for that. Interaction with life means diving into life and actually inter-acting.....acting within Love. Consider that our true nature is the One Being. The purpose of physicality (if there is one) is to explore what it is like to be a separate being, to explore human feelings of fear, love, betrayal, anger, happiness, sexuality, etc. Therefore, there are relationships all around us all of the time in physicality. You can't wake up and get out of bed without having a relationship of some kind with something, whether it's how you relate to an inanimate object such as your pillow, or how you relate to another human being. Relationships of all sorts are wonderful opportunities for us to really see things within ourselves as opportunities for growth and evolution because they reflect in others, which we really see in ourselves. Without relating to another, we are essentially back where we came from as Oneness which is always the case, even with the appearance of separation.
Physicality therefore was manifested in the way it is experienced for the sole purpose of growth and evolution of Love. We can only grow and evolve in the game of physicality if we learn from experience and experience IS relating. There is no experience without relationship. I'm not just talking about romantic relationships here, which is merely only one potential opportunity for relating. I'm talking about simply relating to anything or any one at any given moment, whether it's the bed, your neighbor, your family member, partner, friend, co-worker, tree, animal. So, seeing yourself and how you are, in relation to another, is where we can know if we are operating from a place of Love (who we are) or a place of Fear (Ego Perspective).
Understand that no person is responsible for your own happiness. Only you, yourself are. Loving is allowing another to be as the beautiful expression of life that they are. Fear is wanting to change another to fit your own expectations.
The next time you get angry or agitated with someone, take a moment and consider why you are blaming another for your own feelings/emotions and look at yourself as the sole cause of your own freedom and Love....... which you already are as your nature.
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